Israel tells 'everyone in Gaza City' to leave
World
The Israeli military has told all residents of Gaza City to evacuate south to the central Gaza Strip, amid intensified operations in the north, BBC News reports.
Leaflets dropped by aircraft instruct "everyone in Gaza City" to leave what is described as a "dangerous combat zone" via designated safe routes - marked as two roads that lead to shelters in Deir al-Balah and al-Zawaida.
Hamas has said Israel’s renewed activity in the city is threatening to derail negotiations over a potential ceasefire and hostage release deal, which resumed on Wednesday in Qatar. The talks are being attended by the intelligence chiefs of Egypt, the US and Israel, as well as the prime minister of Qatar.
There are estimated to be more than a quarter-of-a-million people still living in Gaza City - and some were observed evacuating to the south. Others, though, were not willing to leave.
“If death is my fate and the fate of my children, we will die with honour and dignity in our homes,” resident Ibrahim al-Barbari, 47, told the BBC.
The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza to destroy the Hamas group in response to an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on 7 October, during which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.
More than 38,295 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. Its figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants, but it had reportedly identified 14,680 children, women and elderly people among the dead by the end of April.
Hamas has said Israel’s renewed activity in the city is threatening to derail negotiations over a potential ceasefire and hostage release deal, which resumed on Wednesday in Qatar. The talks are being attended by the intelligence chiefs of Egypt, the US and Israel, as well as the prime minister of Qatar.
There are estimated to be more than a quarter-of-a-million people still living in Gaza City - and some were observed evacuating to the south. Others, though, were not willing to leave.
“If death is my fate and the fate of my children, we will die with honour and dignity in our homes,” resident Ibrahim al-Barbari, 47, told the BBC.
The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza to destroy the Hamas group in response to an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on 7 October, during which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.
More than 38,295 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. Its figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants, but it had reportedly identified 14,680 children, women and elderly people among the dead by the end of April.
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